Steel framework bracket



June 7, 1932. w. L. ROSS STEEL FRAMEWORK BRACKET Filed Dec. 12, 1930 VII/ ill?! VIII/ll/I/IA 71/ INVENTOR MLLl/QML .Ross

ATTORNEY Patented June 7,' 1932 PATENT WILLIAM L. ROSS, OI JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY STEEL FRAMEWORK BRACKET Application filed December 12, 1930. Serial No. 501,938.

This invention relates to steel framework construction and aims particularly to provide an improved bracket for use in joining angle irons as used in certain types of building construction.

In the construction of brick and other types of buildings of moderate height, the framework of the building is usually built up of angle irons, right angular in cross-section,

which are laid both vertically and horizontally, the vertical angle irons being employed at corners and the horizontally laid angle irons being employed as tie bars or joiners at floor levels and elsewhere. Considerable difiiculty has heretofore been experienced in securing the angle irons together, both at corners and at intermediate points because of the desirability to have the outer sides of the meeting angle iron portions flush with each other.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an angle iron connecting bracket for use in joining angle irons so that the angle irons will lie flush with each other.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a convenient form of bracket which may be employed as a joiner for adjacent lengths of horizontal angle irons, or as a joiner or a horizontally laid angle iron with a vertical angle iron.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

With the above indicated objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangement of parts, clearly described in the following specification and' fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which latter shows embodiments of the invention as at present preferred.

In said drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the corner'of a building framework with the present bracket applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view illustrating the bracket in use as a joiner for a pair of horizontally laid angle irons.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the bracket and one of the angle irons, taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a modified form of the present bracket adapted particularly for use withangle irons used as floor beams; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of still another modified form of the present bracket constructed to give the same additional strength.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, and to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 thereof, the bracket 10 includes a body portion 11, a right angular fiattop portion 12 bent from the body portion 11, a flat tongue portion 13 co extensive with the fiat top portion 12, a right angular depending tongue portion 14 and a right angular flat angle iron supporting portion 15. The flat angle iron supporting portion 15 is desirably of the same width as the body portion 11.

To enable the bracket to be used for joining a horizontally laid angle iron 16 to a vertical angle iron 17, as well as for joining a horizontally laid angle iron 18 to another horizontally laid angle iron 19, the bracket 10 is formed with right angular cut-out portions 20 and 21 at opposite sides of the intermediate portion which includes the right angular tongue sections 13 and 14. Thus, the bracket may be applied to the top edge 22 of a vertical angle iron used as a corner piece, with the flat tongue 18 resting upon the edge 22, the side 23 of the tongue portion 13 being substantially flush with the side edge of the angle iron 16. The bracket is secured to the vertical angle iron by means of bolts secured at the bolt holes 25a or by welding or riveting or otherwise.

The end of the horizontal angle iron 16 is laid upon the flat supporting portion 15 of the bracket, the corner of the angle iron 16 fitting in the cut out portion 21, with the end of the angle iron 16 abutting against the tongue portion 14;. The outer side portion 25 of the angle iron 16 is secured to the bracket 10 by welding or riveting the same thereto, or by means ofbolts secured at the bolt holes 26; and the upper side 27 of the angle iron 16 is riveted or bolted to the bracket portion 15 as indicated at 28.

The opposite side of the angle iron 17 forming the corner is secured to another horizontally laid angle iron 29 as clearly seen in Fig. 1, the cut-out portion 20 being employed in this instance instead or" the cut-out portion 21. This illustrates the adaptability of the bracket for joining horizontal angle irons to a vertical angle iron at opposite sides of the corner, whereby the outer sides of the horizontally laid angle irons will be flush with both side portions of the vertical angle iron 17.

Referring particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, the bracket 10 is here shown as a joiner for a pair of meeting horizontal angle irons 18 and 19. In this instance the meeting ends 30 and 31 of the angle irons 18 and 19 are placed within the cut-out portions 20 and 21 of the bracket 10 so that these edges 30 and 31 abut against opposite sides of the depending tongue portion 14. The body portion 11 of the bracket is secured to the meeting angle irons 18 and 19 by means of bolts or rivets, here indicated at 26 and 25; and the top portions 32 and 33 of the angle irons are secured to the horizontal flat portion 15 of the bracket as indicated at 28 and 28". The bracket 10 thus provides a rigid and strong joiner for the meeting angle irons.

The present bracket is equally applicable for use with angle irons which are used as floor beams, where, as will be understood, the angle irons are laid. with one side horizontal and another side extending upward vertically, instead of in the position illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. In such cases the bracket is placed over the upstanding vertical portion of the angle iron and the flat portion 15 of the bracket is employed to support an adjacent angle iron laid in the opposite direction.

Fig. 5 illustrates a modified form of the bracket which operates in all essential respects similarly to the term shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. In this instance the bracket here numbered 34 is formed with a side portion 85 parallel with the body portion 36, this side portion 35 being integral with the flat top portion 15. This bracket 34 provides a stronger construction and its use is desirable in certain instances. The angle irons whether horizontal or vertical are connected to the bracket 34 by insertion of the angle irons within the cut-out portions 20 and 21 and bolting, riveting. welding or otherwise securing the bracket portions 35 and 36 to opposite sides of the angle irons.

In certain instances where a very strong construction is desired, the cut-out portions 20 and 21 may be omitted, and the bracket constructed as shown in Fig. 1 with a solid portion 37 provided at the front of the bracket co-extensive with and at right angles to the fiat supporting portion .38 and top portion 39. This form is particularly adaptable for supporting floor beams, the body portion 40 of the bracket being secured to horizontally .indulged in, but it will be understood that these statements, made with particular reference to that one, and the one now preferred, of the many possible embodiments of the invention which is illustrated in the drawings, are not in any way to be taken as definitive or limitative of the invention. Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above constructions, and many apparently widely different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language contained in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

In other words, the scope of protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended claims, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art.

I claim:

1. In steel building framework construction, an interlocking combination bracket for joining angle bars, said bracket including a vertical body portion, a horizontal top portion a right angular depending portion and a horizontal supporting portion at a right angle to said body portion and depending portion, all said portions being integral and coextensive with each other whereby said bracket includes a cutout adapted to receive a portion of an angle bar, and means to secure said angle bar to said vertical body portion and to said supporting portion.

2. In steel building framework construction. an interlocking combination bracket for joining angle bars, said bracket including a vertical body portion, a horizontal top portion a right angular depending portion and a horizontal supporting portion at a right angle to said body portion and depending portion, all said portions being integral and coextensive with each other, whereby said bracket includes a cutout adapted to receive a portion of an angle bar, and means to secure said angle bar to said vertical body 1:

portion and to said supporting portion, said supporting portion including an integral depending extension portion parallel with said body portion.

3. In steel building framework construction, an interlocking combination bracket for joining angle bars, said bracket including a flat vertical body portion and connected right-angularly disposed flat top portion, a

1 fiat tongue portion extending outwardly in the plane of and coextensive with said flat top portion, a right angular vertical depending tongue portion and a horizontal flat supporting portion at a right angle to said body portion and dependingtongueportion,whereby said bracket includes a right angular cutout at each side of said tongue portions, each cut-out being adapted to receive the end of an angle bar, means to secure one side of said angle bar to said body portion and means to secure the other side of said angle bar to said flat supporting portion, said flat horizontal top portion being supportable on the end of one side of a vertically positioned angle bar.

4. In steel building framework construction, an interlocking combination bracket for joining angle bars, said bracket including a flat vertical body portion, a flat horizontal top portion at a right angle to said vertical body portion, a flat tongue portion extending outwardly in the plane of and coextensive with said flat top portion, a right angular vertical depending tongue portion and a horizontal flat supporting portion at a right angle to said body portion and depending tongue portion, whereby said bracket includes a right angular cutout at each side of said tongue portions, each cut-out being adapted to rew ceive the end of an angle bar, means to secure one side of said angle bar to said body portion and means to secure the other side of angle bar to said fiat supporting portion, said fiat horizontal top portion being supportable on the end of one side of a vertically positioned angle bar, said flat supporting portion including an integral depending extension portion parallel with said body portion.

W In testimony whereof I hereby affix my signature.

WILLIAM L. ROSS. 

